Splitting a contraction of a simple curve traversed m times

DOI10.1142/S1793525317500157zbMATH Open1373.53044arXiv1510.03445OpenAlexW2963646455MaRDI QIDQ5276002FDOQ5276002

Authors: Gregory R. Chambers, Yevgeny Liokumovich 

Publication date: 14 July 2017

Published in: Journal of Topology and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose that $M$ is a $2$-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifold, and let $gamma$ be a simple closed curve on $M$. Let $mgamma$ denote the curve formed by tracing $gamma$ $m$ times. We prove that if $mgamma$ is contractible through curves of length less than $L$, then $gamma$ is contractible through curves of length less than $L$. In the last section we state several open questions about controlling length and the number of self-intersections in homotopies of curves on Riemannian surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03445

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zbMATH Keywords

quantitative topologyRiemannian surfacehomotopy of curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Homotopy theory (55P99)

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